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Prisoner Communication Policies Early in the 20th Century
Communication policies for prisoners (visiting prisoners and prisoners writing and receiving letters) in U.S. states prisons and in some other countries’ prisons in 1902 and 1912. Get dataset in...
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Visits to Prisoners in Eastern State Penitentiary, 1846-1903
Visits per year and per prisoner by members of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, 1846-1903, with some per visitor data. Visits to prisoners by moral instructor...
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Eastern State Penitentiary Prisoner Population, 1829-1903
Prisoners received, average number, number discharged, number present on Dec. 31 in Eastern State Penitentiary, by year, 1829 to 1903. Get dataset in form/version:Google Sheet published to web (fast,...
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Prisoners Per Cell in U.S. State Prisons, 1868-1873
Number of cells and average number of prisoners for individual U.S. state prisons (and some large houses of correction and workhouses) in 1868 and 1873. Calculated prisoners per cell. Get dataset in...
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John Howard’s First Visits to County Jails
Prison name, county, date of visit, and debtors and felons present according to John Howard’s prison visits prior to his first testimony to House of Commons, March 4, 1774, as well as Howard’s first...
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Parole Difficulties Related to Prisoners’ Communication
Cross-tabulation of parole difficulties and prisoners’ communication with family and friends (written correspondence and visits) for prisoners in the California Dept. Corrections about 1970. Get...
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Prisoner Deaths in U.S. State Prisons, 1820 to 1843
Prisoner deaths, prison populations, and death rates yearly for a cross-section of U.S. state prisons, 1820 to 1843. Some data on race and sex. Comparison to over-all U.S. population. Get dataset in...
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Spectator Business at Early 19th-Century U.S. Prisons
Spectator counts and spectator revenue for U.S. state prisons in the 1840s, with time series 1820 to 1862 for Auburn State Prison, New York; and 1829 to 1902 for Eastern State Penitentiary,...
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Prisoner Communication Policies in Mid-19th-Century U.S.
Communications policies in individual U.S. state prisons and some local houses of correction and workshops about 1870. Communication policies in five New York county prisons in 1854. Get dataset in...
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Eastern State Penitentiary Costs, 1821 to 1844
Construction and operating costs of the Eastern State Penitentiary near Philadelphia. Cost per cell compared to other early U.S. prisons. Get dataset in form/version:Google Sheet published to web...
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